Twenty top predictions for life 100 years from now: “Last week we asked readers for their predictions of life in 100 years time. Inspired by ten 100-year predictions made by American civil engineer John Elfreth Watkins in 1900, many of you wrote in with your vision of the world in 2112. Many of the “strange,… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Report: Social Metadata for Libraries, Archives, and Museums. Part 2: Survey Analysis
News release: “This report analyzes the results from a social metadata survey that focused on the motivations for creating a website, moderation policies, staffing and site management, technologies used, and criteria for assessing success. Metadata helps users locate resources that meet their specific needs. But metadata also helps us to understand the data we find… Continue Reading
Stanford Law Review: The Iraq War, the Next War, and the Future of the Fat Man
The Iraq War, the Next War, and the Future of the Fat Man, by Stephen L. Carter, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law, Yale Law School. January 16, 2012 – 64 Stan. L. Rev. Online 46 – Essays “Preemptive warfare is a form of self-defense that occurs when your adversary has the tanks massed on… Continue Reading
Zappos.com Email to 24 Millions Customers on Password Hacking
January 15, 2012 – “Subject: Information on the Zappos.com site – please create a new password. First, the bad news: We are writing to let you know that there may have been illegal and unauthorized access to some of your customer account information on Zappos.com, including one or more of the following: your name, e-mail… Continue Reading
The Return on Investment of a Medicaid Tobacco Cessation Program in Massachusetts
Richard P, West K, Ku L (2012) The Return on Investment of a Medicaid Tobacco Cessation Program in Massachusetts. PLoS ONE 7(1): e29665. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0029665 “Smoking is a leading cause of preventable death in the United States, resulting in an estimated 450,000 annual premature deaths, or nearly one of every five deaths. It is responsible for… Continue Reading
HHS Report on Carcinogens Twelfth Edition 2011
Report on Carcinogens, Twelfth Edition 2011. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Toxicology Program “The probability that a resident of the United States will develop cancer at some point in his or her lifetime is 1 in 2 for men and 1 in 3 for women (ACS 2010). Nearly everyones… Continue Reading
Nuclear Threat Initiative: Nuclear Materials Security Index
“The NTI Nuclear Materials Security Index – Building a Framework for Assurance, Accountability, and Action is a first-of-its-kind public benchmarking project of nuclear materials security conditions on a country-by-country basis. The NTI Index, prepared with the Economist Intelligence Unit, was created to spark an international discussion about priorities required to strengthen security, and most importantly,… Continue Reading
Unemployment Insurance and the Great Recession
Unemployment Insurance and the Great Recession, Wayne Vroman, December 2011 “This issue brief examines the unprecedented funding problem of state unemployment insurance (UI) programs. The majority of UI programs (36 of 53) have borrowed, securing record loan amounts to maintain unemployment insurance benefit payments during 2009-2011. It identifies the causes of the funding problem, discusses… Continue Reading
Unemployment Statistics on Older Americans
Unemployment Statistics on Older Americans, Urban Institute Program on Retirement Policy, January 2012: “The recession has increased joblessness among older Americans. These graphs and tables report unemployment rates and how they have varied by age, sex, race, and education since 2007.” Related postings on financial system Continue Reading
CBO – Unauthorized Appropriations and Expiring Authorizations
Unauthorized Appropriations and Expiring Authorizations, January 13, 2012: “As required, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reports each January to the Congress on the following: All programs and activities funded for the current fiscal year for which authorizations of appropriations have expired, and; All programs and activities for which authorizations of appropriations will expire during the… Continue Reading
Commentary: Libraries Succeed by Constantly Evolving
Susan H. Hildreth, Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services: “People depend on libraries now more than ever. Not only do visits and circulation continue to rise, the role of public libraries in providing Internet resources to the public continues to increase as well. Public libraries have also increased their program offerings to… Continue Reading
2011 Transatlantic Trends: Immigration Survey
News release: “A new public opinion survey shows that in the midst of the global economic crisis and Arab Spring, attitudes toward immigration remain stable in the United States and five European countries. According to the 2011 Transatlantic Trends: Immigration survey, most Americans and Europeans see immigration as a problem yet remain optimistic about immigrant… Continue Reading
